Adjustable Fitted Bed Sheet

ABSTRACT

An adjustable fitted bed sheet for a first sized mattress and a second sized mattress, the adjustable fitted bed sheet comprising a first top portion and at least one second top portion, the first top portion configured to substantially cover a top of a first sized mattress, and the first top portion and the at least one second top portions configured to substantially cover a top of a second sized mattress. The adjustable fitted bed sheet may include a number of elastic stitch elements having a coefficient of elasticity that may differ from another. A bottom peripheral edge portion is also provided that defines a hollow cylindrical edge portion substantially parallel to the bottom peripheral edge portion. A securing apparatus may also be provided that is configured to reciprocally engage at least one aperture defined by the bottom peripheral edge portion.

PRIORITY CLAIM

To the full extent permitted by law, the present United StatesNon-Provisional patent application hereby claims priority to and thefull benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/981,588,filed Feb. 26, 2020, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein byreference in its entirety.

BACKGROUND

The present disclosure generally relates to bed sheets and/or linensthat are adjustable to differently sized mattresses, such as aking-sized mattress and a queen-sized mattress. Presently, fitted bedsheets and/or flat bed sheets have been produced in varying sizes toaccommodate different bed mattress sizes. For example, a standardking-sized bed usually is 76″ wide and 80″ long, while a standardqueen-sized bed usually is 60″ wide and 80″ long. California King-sizedbeds measure at 72″ wide and 84″ long, while twin and full-sized bedsmeasure 39″×75″ and 54″×75″ respectively. Likewise, twin-XL andfull-XL-sized beds both have lengths measuring 80″ long, while thetwin-XL's width measures 39″ wide and the full-XL's width measures 54″wide. Furthermore, mattress beds of any size may have varying depthsdepending on the materials, construction, and technology employed.Households with multiple members usually have multiple beds that differin size from another. Adult couples may have a king-sized bed, whilechildren may have a smaller sized bed, such as a queen-sized bed.Therefore, a need exists for an adjustable fitted bed sheet that cansecurely accommodate differently sized mattress easily and adjustably.

BRIEF SUMMARY

Example implementations of the present disclosure are directed to anadjustable fitted bed sheet configured to reciprocally engage a firstsized mattress and a differently sized second mattress. An adjustablefitted bed sheet for a first sized mattress and a second sized mattress,the adjustable fitted bed sheet may include a first top portionconfigured to substantially cover a top of a first sized mattress, thetop of the first mattress being defined by a length and a width of thefirst sized mattress, wherein at least one of the length, width, and/orheight of the first sized mattress differs from a length, width, and/orheight of the second sized mattress, wherein the first top portion isdefined by a substantially rectangular area defined, in part, by aplurality of intersections between sets of a first elastic stitchelement and a second elastic stitch element, wherein the first elasticstitch element includes a first elastomer material having a differentcoefficient of elasticity than a coefficient of elasticity of a secondelastomer material of the second elastic stitch element.

The adjustable fitted bed sheet may further include at least one secondtop portion, the second top portions, in cooperation with the first topportion, being configured to substantially cover a top of the secondsized mattress, the top of the second sized mattress being defined bythe length and the width of the second sized mattress, wherein thesecond top portions are defined by a substantially rectangular areadefined, in part, by a plurality of intersections between a pair offirst elastic stitch elements.

Additionally or alternatively, the adjustable fitted bed sheet mayinclude a bottom peripheral edge portion, wherein the bottom peripheraledge portion is defined by bottom edge portions of the bed sheet thatintersect with a plurality of distal ends of a respective third elasticstitch element, wherein the bottom peripheral edge portion furtherdefines a hollow cylindrical edge portion substantially parallel to thebottom peripheral edge portion.

The adjustable fitted bed sheet may further include a securing apparatusconfigured to reciprocally engage at least one aperture defined by thebottom peripheral edge portion.

According to some aspects of the present disclosure, the adjustablefitted bed sheet may include an inner surface of the hollow cylindricaledge portion. In some aspects, the hollow cylindrical edge portion innersurface may include a low draw material substrate. The securingapparatus may further include an adjustable closed loop reciprocallyengaged with the hollow cylindrical edge portion of the bottomperipheral edge portion. In some aspects, the adjustable closed loop maybe reciprocally engaged with at least one of the at least one aperturedefined by the bottom peripheral edge portion.

According to some aspects of the present disclosure, the bottom edgeportions may further include a substrate layer configured toreciprocally engage a bottom of a first and a second sized mattress,wherein the substrate layer has a greater coefficient of friction thanthe bottom edge portions.

In some example implementations, the adjustable fitted bed sheet mayinclude a secondary top sheet. According to some aspects, the secondarytop sheet may be securely affixed to at least one portion of the bottomedge portion of the adjustable fitted bed sheet. According to anotherexample implementation, a secondary top sheet bottom edge may besecurely affixed to at least one portion of the bottom edge portion ofthe adjustable fitted bed sheet. In some aspects of the presentdisclosure, at least a portion of a secondary top sheet left edge and asecondary top sheet right edge may be removably attached to at least onebottom edge portion of the adjustable fitted bed sheet.

The foregoing illustrative summary, as well as other exemplaryobjectives and/or advantages of various embodiments of the presentdisclosure, and the manner in which the same are accomplished, arefurther explained within the following detailed description and itsaccompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present disclosure will be better understood by reading the DetailedDescription with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are notnecessarily drawn to scale, and in which like reference numerals denotesimilar structure and refer to like elements throughout, and in which:

FIG. 1 illustrates a perspective view of an adjustable fitted bed sheetengaged with a second sized mattress according to one aspect of thepresent disclosure;

FIG. 2 illustrates a perspective view of an adjustable fitted bed sheetengaged with a first sized mattress according to one aspect of thepresent disclosure;

FIG. 3 illustrates a perspective view of an adjustable fitted bed sheetaccording to one aspect of the present disclosure; and

FIG. 4 illustrates a perspective view of an adjustable fitted bed sheetaccording to one aspect of the present disclosure;

It is to be noted that the drawings presented are intended solely forthe purpose of illustration and that they are, therefore, neitherdesired nor intended to limit the disclosure to any or all of the exactdetails of construction shown, except insofar as they may be deemedessential to the claimed disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Some embodiments of the present disclosure will now be described morefully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in whichsome, but not all embodiments of the present disclosure are shown.Indeed, the exemplary embodiments may be embodied in many differentforms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments setforth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that thisdisclosure will satisfy applicable legal requirements. Like referencenumerals refer to like elements throughout.

Referring now to FIG. 1, an adjustable fitted bed sheet 5 according toone example aspect may include a top portion 10. In some aspects, theadjustable fitted bed sheet 5 may include a first top portion 11 that isconfigured to substantially cover a top of a first-sized mattress, suchas, for example, a queen-sized mattress. According to some aspects, theadjustable fitted bed sheet 5 may include first top portion 11 that isconfigured to cover a portion of a top of a second-sized mattress, suchas, for example, a king-sized mattress. Additionally or alternatively,the adjustable fitted bed sheet 5 may include a first top portion 11that is configured to substantially cover a top of a first sizedmattress and/or a second sized mattress.

According to some aspects of the present disclosure, the top of thefirst and second mattress may be defined by the length and the width ofthe respective mattresses. According to one aspect, the first-sizedmattress may have a length, width, and/or height that differs from atleast one of the length, width and/or height of the second-sizedmattress.

Additionally, the first top portion 11 of the adjustable fitted bedsheet 5 may be defined by a substantially rectangular area defined, inpart, by a plurality of intersections between sets of a first elasticstitch element 210A, 210C, 210E, 210G and a second elastic stitchelement 220A, 220B, 220C, 220D. Some aspects of the present disclosureinclude an adjustable fitted bed sheet 5 having at least one or moreelastic stitch elements, such as the first elastic stitch element 210A,disposed proximate an associated first elastic stitch line 201A of thesheet 5. Additionally or alternatively, a first elastic stitch element210A may differ from a second elastic stitch element 220A by length,width, elasticity, and/or the like, and/or in any combination.

Referring to FIG. 1, according to one example embodiment of the presentdisclosure, a top portion 10 of an adjustable fitted bed sheet 5 mayinclude at least one second top portion 12A. In some aspects, theadjustable fitted bed sheet may include a plurality of second topportions 12A, 12B that are configured, in conjunction with the first topportion 11, to substantially cover a top of the second-sized mattress,such as, for example, a king-sized mattress. According to someembodiments, the second top portions 12A may be defined, in part, by aplurality of intersections between pairs of first elastic stitchelements, such as the pair of first elastic stitch element 210A and210B.

An example embodiment of the present disclosure will now be describedwith reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, in which certain elements of theadjustable fitted bed sheet 5 may be utilized for reciprocally engagingthe adjustable fitted bed sheet with a first-sized mattress and asecond, differently-sized mattress. For example, as shown in FIG. 1, theadjustable fitted bed sheet 5 includes a first top portion 11 and secondtop portions 12A, 12B configured to substantially cover a king-sizedmattress bed. The first top portion 11 may be defined by a substantiallyrectangular area defined, in part, by a plurality of intersectionsbetween sets of a first elastic stitch element and a second elasticstitch element. One example aspect includes a first top portion 11defined by a substantially rectangular area defined by the verticescorresponding to the respective intersections of the first elasticstitch element 210A and the second elastic stitch element 220A, thefirst elastic stitch element 210C and the second elastic stitch element220B, the first elastic stitch element 210E and the second elasticstitch element 220C, and the first elastic stitch element 210G and thesecond elastic stitch element 220D. As shown in FIG. 2, the first topportion 11 defined by the substantially rectangular area defined by theplurality of intersections between sets out the first elastic stitchelements 210A, 210C, 210E, 210G and the second elastic stitch elements220A, 220B, 220C, 220D substantially cover the top of a queen-sizedmattress. Referring back to FIG. 1, the first top portion 11 and thesecond top portions 12A, 12B are shown to substantially cover the top ofthe wider king-sized mattress.

According to some example aspects of the present disclosure, theadjustable fitted bed sheet 5 may further include at least one bottomperipheral edge portion 20. In some aspects of the present disclosure,the bottom peripheral edge portion 21 may be defined, in part, by theplurality of intersections of third elastic stitch elements 230A, 230B,230C, 230D with a respective first elastic stitch element 210B, 210D,210F, 210H and second elastic stitch element 220A, 220B, 220C, 220D. Insome example aspects of the present disclosure, at least one of thebottom peripheral edge portions 21, 22, 23, 24 may further define, inpart, a hollow cylindrical edge portion 301 substantially parallel to arespective bottom peripheral edge portion 21, 22, 23, 24.

According to some aspects, an adjustable fitted bed sheet 5 may furtherinclude a securing apparatus 300 that may further include an adjustableclosed loop 310, such as a drawstring. The adjustable closed loop 310may be further configured to reciprocally engage the hollow cylindricaledge portion 301 defined by at least one of the bottom peripheral edgeportions 21, 22, 23, 24. In some aspects, the adjustable closed loop 310may be inserted through at least one of an aperture 305A, 305Bconfigured to provide access to the hollow cylinder 302 defined by thehollow cylindrical edge portion 301.

In some example aspects of the present disclosure, at least one of thebottom edge portions 21, 22, 23, 24 may further include a substratelayer configured to reciprocally engage at least a portion of a bottomsurface of a first-sized mattress and/or reciprocally engage at least aportion of a bottom surface of a second-sized mattress. According to oneexample aspect, the substrate layer may have a greater coefficient offriction than the bottom edge portions 21, 22, 23, 24, and may befurther configured to frictionally engage at least a portion of a bottomsurface of a first and/or second-sized mattress.

According to another example aspect of the present disclosure, anadjustable fitted bed sheet 5 may further include a secondary top sheet400, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4. Referring to FIG. 3, the adjustablefitted bed sheet 5 may further include a secondary top sheet 400 that issecurely affixed to at least one portion of the bottom edge portion 21.Together, the secondary top sheet 400 and the top portion 10 of theadjustable fitted bed sheet 5 define a sleeping pocket 402 therebetween.For example, a secondary top sheet 400, such as, for example a flat bedsheet, may be securely affixed to a first bottom edge portion 21disposed proximate the foot of the first and/or second-sized mattress.In some example aspects, the secondary top sheet 400 may be securelyaffixed to the bottom edge portion 21 with a stitching, adhesive, and/orother secure attachment means known in the art. For example, a bottomedge of the secondary top sheet 400 may be securely stitched to a firstbottom edge portion 21. In yet another aspect, the adjustable fitted bedsheet 5 may include a secondary top sheet 400, wherein at least aportion of a secondary top sheet 400 left edge and a secondary top sheetright edge are removably attached to at least one bottom edge portion22, 24 respectively. For example, at least a portion of the secondarytop sheet 400 left edge and at least a portion of the secondary topsheet right edge may include a hook-and-loop fastener materialconfigured to removeably attach the respective edges of the secondarytop sheet 400 with at least one bottom edge portion 22, 24. According toanother aspect, at least a portion of a secondary top sheet 400 leftedge and a secondary top sheet right edge may include a zipperconfigured to removably attach a portion of the secondary top sheet fromat least one bottom edge portion 22, 24 of the adjustable fitted bedsheet 5.

Many modifications and other embodiments of the present disclosure setforth herein will come to mind to one skilled in the art to which theseembodiments pertain having the benefit of the teachings presented in theforegoing descriptions and the associated drawings. Therefore, it is tobe understood that the embodiments are not to be limited to the specificembodiments disclosed and that modifications and other embodiments areintended to be included within the scope of the appended claims.Moreover, although the foregoing descriptions and the associateddrawings describe some example embodiments in the context of certainexample combinations of elements and/or functions, it should beappreciated that different combinations of elements and/or functions maybe provided by alternative embodiments without departing from the scopeof the appended claims. In this regard, for example, differentcombinations of elements and/or functions than those explicitlydescribed above are also contemplated as may be set forth in some of theappended claims. Although specific terms are employed herein, they areused in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes oflimitation.

1. An adjustable fitted bed sheet for a first sized mattress and asecond sized mattress, the adjustable fitted bed sheet comprising: afirst top portion configured to substantially cover a top of a firstsized mattress, the top of the first mattress being defined by a lengthand a width of the first sized mattress, wherein at least one of thelength, width, and/or height of the first sized mattress differs from alength, width, and/or height of the second sized mattress, wherein thefirst top portion is defined by a substantially rectangular areadefined, in part, by a plurality of intersections between sets of afirst elastic stitch element and a second elastic stitch element,wherein the first elastic stitch element includes a first elastomermaterial having a different coefficient of elasticity than a coefficientof elasticity of a second elastomer material of the second elasticstitch element; at least one second top portion, the second topportions, in cooperation with the first top portion, being configured tosubstantially cover a top of the second sized mattress, the top of thesecond sized mattress being defined by the length and the width of thesecond sized mattress, wherein the second top portions are defined by asubstantially rectangular area defined, in part, by a plurality ofintersections between a pair of first elastic stitch elements; a bottomperipheral edge portion, wherein the bottom peripheral edge portion isdefined by bottom edge portions of the bed sheet that intersect with aplurality of distal ends of a respective third elastic stitch element,wherein the bottom peripheral edge portion further defines a hollowcylindrical edge portion substantially parallel to the bottom peripheraledge portion; and a securing apparatus configured to reciprocally engageat least one aperture defined by the bottom peripheral edge portion. 2.An adjustable fitted bed sheet according to claim 1, wherein an innersurface of the hollow cylindrical edge portion further comprises a lowdrag substrate material.
 3. An adjustable fitted bed sheet according toclaim 1, wherein the securing apparatus further comprises an adjustableclosed loop reciprocally engaged with the hollow cylindrical edgeportion of the bottom peripheral edge portion.
 4. An adjustable fittedbed sheet according to claim 3, wherein the adjustable closed loop isfurther reciprocally engaged with at least one of the at least oneaperture defined by the bottom peripheral edge portion.
 5. An adjustablefitted bed sheet according to claim 1, wherein the bottom edge portionsfurther include a substrate layer configured to reciprocally engage abottom of a first and a second sized mattress, wherein the substratelayer has a greater coefficient of friction than the bottom edgeportions.
 6. An adjustable fitted bed sheet according to claim 1 furthercomprising a secondary top sheet.
 7. An adjustable fitted bed sheetaccording to claim 6, wherein the secondary top sheet is securelyaffixed to at least one portion of the bottom edge portion.
 8. Anadjustable fitted bed sheet according to claim 6, wherein a secondarytop sheet bottom edge is securely affixed to at least one portion of thebottom edge portion of the adjustable fitted bed sheet.
 9. An adjustablefitted bed sheet according to claim 8, wherein at least a portion of asecondary top sheet left edge and a secondary top sheet right edge areremovably attached to at least one bottom edge portion of the adjustablefitted bed sheet.